11 February 2021 - A former deputy chief medical officer has rejected calls for coronavirus vaccines to be made mandatory for health care workers, saying it is better to convince hospital and aged care staff to get the jab voluntarily.

Nick Coatsworth, who became one of the faces of the federal coronavirus response with daily televised briefings at the height of the pandemic and retains an advisory role with the government, said Australia had historically been good at vaccinating is population.

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